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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 9, 2017
Action Agenda
Item No. 1
SUBJECT: Board of Commissioners - Annual Advisory Board Selection Process Discussion
DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment A: Proposed Revised
Selection Process -
Discussion/Decision Point
Attachment B: Current Policy Governing
the Selection Process of
BOCC Boards/
Commissions Assignments
Attachment C: Excerpt from 2/16/17
BOCC Approved Minutes
Attachment D: BOCC Advisory Board
Assignments 2013-2017
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Baker, 919-245-2130
PURPOSE: To discuss and/or approve a proposed advisory board selection process for the
annual selection of the advisory boards on which Board members would like to serve.
BACKGROUND: BOCC members serve on various County and County-related boards and
commissions. On an annual basis, BOCC members indicate their desire to continue serving on
specific boards or commissions or their desire to make changes by participating in a selection
process.
The Board decided at its meeting on February 16, 2017 meeting to abandon the current
selection process and move forward with a newly revised process.
Decision Points:
Option 1:
The goal of this option is to ensure greater rotation of Commissioners through these external
positions. At the start of this process, all seats/positions on every board or commission is open.
No slot, regardless of the position held on any board, can be reserved or is set aside in the
selection process.
First Round:
• Commissioners do not keep any boards that they currently serve on – whether they are
an officer or not. Commissioners can pick any other boards to serve on for the first
round.
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Second Round and subsequent rounds:
• Commissioners may pick whichever Boards they want to serve on.
Option 2:
Keep the current process.
As starting points, Board members keep any non-Orange County Boards on which they
currently serve in a Leadership/Officer position; and each Board member selects one Board on
which they currently serve to keep.
From that basis, Board members then select Boards beginning with the newest elected member
choosing first in the first round and the selection order proceeding based on 1) length of Board
membership and 2) the alphabetical order of Board members’ last names in cases of equal
lengths of membership. The order of selection reverses for the second round with the most
senior Board member selecting first. The selection order for subsequent rounds alternates back
and forth for each round thereafter.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There are no Orange County Social Justice Goals associated with
this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends for the Board to discuss and/or approve a
proposed advisory board selection process for the annual selection of the advisory boards.
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Draft Proposed Revised Selection Policy – Attachment A
Proposed Policy- Governing the Selection Process of
BOCC Boards/Commissions Assignments –
1. Each BOCC member (veteran) shall chose one board that
they want to serve on but it cannot be a board that they are
currently serving on, whether they are an officer or not. They can
pick from any of the advisory boards on the listing.
2. The junior member will then pick one board first in the first
round and then least senior members of the Board will choose
one board on which to serve (suggestion is to do this
alphabetically - by last name)
3. In the second round, the senior member will pick first, and
then the other senior members to the least senior member will
pick
4. And then it is back to the junior member…..
5. Round Robin will not include short-term taskforces (limited
duration) and ex-officio boards.
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ATTACHMENT B
Policy Governing the Selection Process of BOCC
Boards/Commissions Assignments –Adopted 2011
1. Each BOCC member (veteran) shall chose one board that
they currently serve on to keep in perpetuity
2. The junior member will then pick one board first in the first
round and then least senior members of the Board will choose
one board on which to serve (suggestion is to do this
alphabetically - by last name)
3. In the second round, the senior member will pick first, and
then the other senior members to the least senior member will
pick
4. And then it is back to the junior member…..
5. Round Robin will not include short-term taskforces (limited
duration), ex-officio boards, and non-O.C. boards with BOCC in
officer/leadership positions (these boards also cannot be taken
away by other BOCC members).
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EXCERPT FROM THE APPROVED FEBRUARY 16, 2017 BOCC MINUTES ATTACHMENT C
5. Policy for Governing the Selection Process of BOCC Boards/Commissioners
Assignments
Additional discussion item:
Chair Dorosin wanted to discuss and change tonight how the Board chooses their
annual boards and commissions to serve on. He said the current policy is below:
Policy Governing the Selection Process of BOCC Boards/Commissions Assignments -
2011
Each BOCC member (veteran) shall chose one board that they currently serve on to
keep in perpetuity
The junior member will then pick one board first in the first round and then least senior
members of the Board will choose one board on which to serve ((suggestion is to do this
alphabetically – by last name)
In the second round, the senior member will pick first, and then the other senior members
to the least senior member will pick
And then it is back to the junior member….
Round Robin will not include short-term taskforces (limited duration), ex-officio boards,
and non-O.C. boards with BOCC in officer/leadership positions (these boards also
cannot be taken away by other BOCC members).
Chair Dorosin recommended not having this policy, which allows one board picked by
senior members. He said he would throw the process wide open, and he finds himself
disengaged with the work of boards on which he never has the opportunity to serve.
Commissioner Rich asked if this pertains to the boards that Commissioners choose, or
just to the boards on which a Commissioner is also an officer.
Chair Dorosin said to get rid of it all, and just put all boards on the floor for choosing.
Commissioner Jacobs said if this policy is set, it should be done next year, as this just
came up and Commissioners may lose a lot of positions unexpectedly.
Commissioner McKee agreed with Commissioner Jacobs, and he does not have a
problem with Commissioners keeping one saved board.
Commissioner Price agreed.
Commissioner Rich said she would like to throw it open in order to learn other boards.
Commissioner Burroughs agreed it may be nice to mix things up, but is fine with waiting
until next year to do so.
Commissioner Marcoplos deferred to the rest of the Board.
Commissioner Jacobs said having no boundaries will encourage folks to think about next
year’s process and picking.
A motion was made by Chair Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Rich to keep the
process as is for this year, and abandon the entire policy going forward, starting in 2018.
VOTE: Ayes, 5 (Chair Dorosin, Commissioner Jacobs, Commissioner Rich, Commissioner
Burroughs, Commissioner Marcoplos); Nays, 2 (Commissioner McKee and Commissioner
Price).
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ATTACHMENT D
BOARD NAME Serving 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
STATUTORY
ABC Board Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
Burroughs
Commissioner
Dorosin
Commissioner
McKee
Board of Health Commissioner
Burroughs
Commissioner
Burroughs
Commissioner
Burroughs
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Board of Social
Services
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Chair Dorosin
Community Oversight
Board (part of OPC
Community Operations
Center)
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
Dorosin
INTERGOVERNMENT
AL and OTHER
GROUPS WITH BOCC
MEMBERS
Burlington/Graham
MPO Transportation
Advisory Committee
Commissioner
Jacobs – Member
Commissioner
Marcoplos -
Alternate
Commissioner
Jacobs –
member
Commissioner
McKee -
alternate
Commissioner
Jacobs -
Alternate- Open
Commissioner
Jacobs – M
Commissioner
McKee - A
Commissioner
Jacobs- M
Commissioner
McKee- A
Chatham Orange Work
Group
Commissioner
Marcoplos
Commissioner Rich
(hasn’t met yet)
NA NA NA NA
Criminal Justice
Advisory Council
Commissioner
Jacobs
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Jacobs
Commissioner
Pelissier
Wasn’t a
standing board-
Commissioner
Jacobs and
Commissioner
Pelissier
Community Home
Trust BOD
Chair Dorosin Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Dorosin
Durham-Chapel Hill-
Carrboro-Metropolitan
Planning Organization
(MPO)- Transportation
Advisory Committee
Commissioner
Jacobs -Member
Commissioner Rich
-Alternate
Commissioner
Jacobs-
member
Commissioner
Price -
alternate
Commissioner
Jacobs- M
Commissioner
Price- A
Past-Comm.
Gordon- M
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier- A
Past Comm.
Gordon-
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier -A
Durham- Orange-
Chapel Hill Work
Group
Was not meeting
when boards was
chosen but it is now
Commissioner Rich
and Commissioner
Jacobs attending
Commissioner
Jacobs
Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Rich
Past Comm.
Gordon
Past-Comm.
Gordon
Commissioner
Jacobs-
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ATTACHMENT D
Durham Tech Board of
Trustees
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Family Success
Alliance
Commissioner
Burroughs
Commissioner
Marcoplos
Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Pelissier
Short term Task
force—
Commissioner
Dorosin and
Commissioner
Pelissier
NA NA
Fire Chief’s Association
of Orange County
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
McKee
Food Council Chair Dorosin Commissioner
Jacobs
NA NA NA
Go Triangle Board of
Trustees
Commissioner
Jacobs (for 2017)
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Go Triangle Special
Tax Board
Chair Dorosin and
Commissioner
Burroughs –elected
Secretary 1/2017
Commissioner
Dorosin
Commissioner
Burroughs
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
One open
position
Past Comm.
Gordon
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Past Comm.
Gordon
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Healthy Carolinians Commissioner
Burroughs
Commissioner
Dorosin
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Commissioner
Dorosin
Commissioner
McKee
HOME Program
Review Committee
Chair Dorosin Commissioner
Dorosin
Commissioner
Dorosin
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
McKee
Intergovernmental
Parks Work Group
Commissioner Rich
–Member
Commissioner
Burroughs -
Alternate
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier –M
Commissioner
Rich - A
Commissioner
Rich- M
Commissioner
Dorosin- A
Past Comm.
Gordon-M
Commissioner
Jacobs - A
Comm.
Gordon-M
Commissioner
Rich -A
JCPC (Orange County
Juvenile Crime
Prevention Council)
Commissioner Rich Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Burroughs
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier-
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier –
Library Committee –
Elected Officials
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
Jacobs
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
LIWG ( Legislative
Issues Work Group)
Commissioner
Price and
Commissioner
Marcoplos
Commissioner
Burroughs
Commissioner
Rich
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Commissioner
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
Dorosin and
Commissioner
McKee
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ATTACHMENT D
Price
Orange County
Partnership for Young
Children
Commissioner
Burroughs
Commissioner
Burroughs
Commissioner
Dorosin
Commissioner
Dorosin
Commissioner
Dorosin
Small Business Loan
Program
Commissioner
Jacobs
Commissioner
Pelissier
Commissioer
Dorosin
NONE Commissioner
McKee
Partnership to End
Homelessness
Commissioner
Marcoplos
Commissioner
Dorosin
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Commissioner
Dorosin
PFAP Commissioner
Jacobs
Commissioner
Jacobs
Commissioner
Jacobs
Commissioner
Jacobs
Commissioner
Jacobs
TJCOG Commissioner Rich
– member
Commissioner
Price - Alternate
Commissioner
Rich- M
Commissioner
McKee - A
Commissioner
Rich- M
Commissioner
McKee - A
Commissioner
Jacobs- M
Commissioner
Rich- A
Commissioner
Jacobs- M
Commissioner
Rich - A
Triangle Area Rural
Planning Organization
(TARPO)
Transportation
Advisory Committee
Commissioner
Price –
Alternate-
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
Price- M
Alternate-
OPEN
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Commissioner
Price
Past
Commissioner
Pelissier
Upper Neuse River
Basin Association
Commissioner
McKee-Director
Commissioner
Price – alternate
Pam
Hemminger- M
Commissioner
McKee
Commissioner
Jacobs
Pam
Hemminger
Pam
Hemminger –
Alternate- Tom
Davis
Pam
Hemminger
(appointed in
2012 as
citizen) –
Alternate- Tom
Davis
Workforce
Development Board –
Regional Partnership
Nancy Coston –
DSS Director
Nancy Coston Nancy Coston Nancy Coston Nancy Coston
Visitor’s Bureau Commissioner Rich
– Member-
Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Rich
NACo Voting
Delegate
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Rich
Commissioner
Price
NCACC Voting
Delegate
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Price
Commissioner
Pelissier
Commissioner
Price
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ATTACHMENT D
SHORT TERM TASK FORCES/WORKGROUPS 2016 2017
Chapel Hill Historic
Town Hall Committee
COMPLETED
and
SUNSETTED
1 BOCC Commissioner Rich Commissioner Rich
Joint Public Safety
Training Facility Work
Group
Schedule to be
developed
2 BOCC Commissioner
McKee and
Commissioner
Burroughs
Solid Waste Advisory
Group (SWAG)
Meets as
needed
2 Commissioners Commissioner
Jacobs and
Commissioner Rich
Commissioner
Jacobs and
Commissioner Rich
EX-OFFICIO
Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce- does not
require a Commissioner
Chair Serves
NC DOT Quarterly Meetings Chair/Vice Chair
School Collaboration Meetings Chair/Vice Chair
Boards to be decided on/chosen at future work session
JOCCA- need to decide
whether to continue
participation
Meets Quarterly in
Pittsboro at 5:30pm -
1 Commissioner
Or
Citizen
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